| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Moderator: | DYPSS1::SCHAFER |
| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 29 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2852 |
| Total number of notes: | 33157 |
Over the weekend I finally made the PAiA 5710 Hot Lyx Sustain work. It had failed because I used a crummy IC socket that was not making contact with the etch runs. It is, of course, just an Automatic Gain Control (AGC) with about a 1.5 to 2 second recovery. You get about the same result as recording yourself on a small cheap cassette with a built-in mike. I wanted it for piano. It is intended for electronic instruments. When used with acoustic instruments, it turns up its gain until it picks up background noise. When you hit a note, it turns down its gain and then slowly turns it up as the note fades away. Maybe it's more exciting in combination with some other effect. Thomas Janzen DEC Marlboro MA
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| 91.1 | GIBSON::DICKENS | Mon Apr 29 1985 12:20 | 12 | ||
I got my MXR dyna-comp for $40, new, because MXR put out a whole new line of effects and dealers want to get rid of the old ones. It is a great effect. I use it with my MXR distortion+ before it in the signal chain. The classic combo. The only problem is that it will radically amplify any noise coming from upline when you stop playing. (guitar) For a cleaner sound, I'd like to get a noise gate with a decay time that roughly matches the dyna-comp's, so when you stop playing, it will cut the output level as the compresser boosts it way up. I've seen this work, with someone else's setup and it sounded great. -Jeff | |||||